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TIL the CIA was allegedly behind the 1975 removal of the Australian Prime Minister

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b9QQp TIL The novel "The English Patient" by Michael Ondaatje won the Booker Prize in 1992, and then won the Golden Booker Award (a special one-off prize awarded in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Booker Prize) 26 years later, in 2018.
nX17 TIL Tommy Chong, of Cheech and Chong, was cell mates with Jordan Belfort and encouraged him to write his autobiography “The Wolf of Wall Street”
1ayRd TIL The White House was completely gutted and reinforced with steel beams in 1949-50. It was only standing, in the words of the Public Buildings Administration commissioner, “by force of habit.”
v1Gwx TIL a 74 year old Japanese man, dressed as a ninja and possessing great physical ability, carried out 254 break-ins worth $260,000 before he was caught by police
V9gB TIL that around the world, an estimated 250,000 children—some as young as 7—are involved in armed conflicts.